JAMES CARVILLE: I think he is the most talented and fearless Republican politician Ive seen in the last 30 years. I further think that hes going to run for president and he is going to create something. Im not sitting here saying hes going to win, and I think Senator DeMint is right. Ive listened to excerpts of his speech in South Carolina. He touches every button, and this guy has no fear. He just keeps plowing ahead. And he is going to be something to watch.

And a lot of Republicans feel this way, George, and you hear this a lot: "If we only got someone who was articulate and was for what we were for, we would win elections. And we get these John McCains and these Mitt Romneys and these squishy guys that cant do anything." Well, theres one thing this guy is not - he aint squishy, not in the least.

CARVILLE: Ted Cruz is going to eat their lunch. That guy, Im telling you, he will out debate. I am just saying, he is a talent. Im not rooting. Im really sincere here. We watch him, he does things, I mean when he started talking about William Travis in South Carolina and the Alamo, this is a guy, and you go, "This guy is something." Now I dont agree with him. I think hes out there. But Im telling you, hes more talented than all of these other guys.

I remember when Ted Cruz was first running in the Texas Senate Primary. He was being laughed at, taken lightly by David Dewhurst a RINO to the hilt!!! Cruz mopped up the floor with him. I knew then this dude, Ted Cruz was the real thing!!! I am in his corner. Would love to see him go face to face with moron Joe Biden over gun control legislation. Would simply be LOL as Cruz would drop Biden like a bad habit!!! God has sent us a leader to battle Obama (Satan in the Bible Miniseries and his destroy America minions). Onward!!!

Look, the bottom line here is that millions of republicans will stay home if the party nominates a Canadian.

Oh Bull. A handful of birther cranks and fanatics might stay home, the overwhelming vast majority of Republicans and conservatives will turn out. Birtherism is a fringe movement with almost no real influence outside of a few message boards.

I agree. Rubio has good delivery and does well with talking points and canned speeches. Cruz seems to be genuinely intelligent and can think on his feet. Best of all, he is genuinely conservative, unlike Dewhurst or Hutchison.

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posted on 05/05/2013 6:01:51 PM PDT
by Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)

Hes not a natural-born citizen. It didnt matter to the Democrat but it will matter to a Republican. __________________________________________________

This is reality regardless of how talented Cruz is and I am extremely impressed by the guy as a stalwart conservative. What is interesting is the number of potential candidates for President who fail the NBC test. One would think that the odds of such occurrence would be quite rare.

“I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Governor Palin,” Cruz said in gratitude.
Cruz said Palin, like him, drives the mainstream media “bat-crap crazy” because she is “fearless,” “principled,” and “courageous” while the mainstream media wants conservatives to “shut up and accept defeat and be timid.”

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posted on 05/05/2013 6:13:57 PM PDT
by ansel12
(Sodom and Gomorrah, flush with libertarians and liberals, short on social conservatives.)

I don’t believe Obama was eligible but it doesn’t matter any more because the birther crew has gone so far off the rails that they declare just about everyone to be ineligible. Personally I think a good many are trolls.

They even claim Santorum wasn’t eligible.

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posted on 05/05/2013 6:18:53 PM PDT
by cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)

The Obama gang wants Cruz to run and for the House and Senate to vote to say he is eligible. Once that happens, Obama is legitimized, regardless of the phony BC.

The SCOTUS will only look at the matter if a Federal case works its way to them. As we have seen, the Judiciary wants no part of this decision and does not want to touch the definition of NBC.

If a case comes forward, the SCOTUS will likely not take it and take the position that BHO was elected twice and was not impeached, therefore the definition of NBC has been set at “born of at least one US citizen” and there is no issue to resolve.

Also, IMHO, I do not believe any conservative will not vote for Cruz for POTUS because they believe the definition of NBC is different than the SCOTUS and Congress have set. Too much is at stake and once Cruz is on the ballot, and the SCOTUS does not object, it becomes effective law and will not be subject to an Amendment drive due to lack of desire on the part of Congress.

I dont believe Obama was eligible but it doesnt matter any more because the birther crew has gone so far off the rails that they declare just about everyone to be ineligible. Personally I think a good many are trolls.

Personally, I nbelieve the "birther" movement is a designed distraction -- a distraction from the very real issue about whether Obama was actually born in Hawaii or not.

Once the emphasis changed from place-of-birth (and validity of the birth certificate) to the arcane definition of a "natural-born citizen", the movement went off the rails.

Whatever, the "birther" distraction has certainly been good for Obama's supporters.

Many of us didn’t expect him to be removed from office, we just wanted it to be known so states would enact laws to require proof in the future. Unfortunately the same crowd got involved there and made it all about Obama which effectively killed legislation.

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posted on 05/05/2013 6:47:08 PM PDT
by cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)

Reality is to be eligible to be POTUS both parents have to be born in the US! Now the rules have changed to one parent and baby born in states now you want not born in states.
Why not let a Chechen Russian born in China run and be vetted!
We’ve lost it!
You already have a Communist voted in, just destroy the foundation of this Country more!

The diversity race haters are trying to corral Hispanics in a ghetto welfare slave plantation like they have done to the Blacks. Cruz is an escapee. ;I guess Richardson thinks he’s the brown tribal leader. In truth, many Hispanics don’t buy into the poverty of communism.

Reality is to be eligible to be POTUS both parents have to be born in the US! Now the rules have changed to one parent and baby born in states now you want not born in states.
Why not let a Chechen Russian born in China run and be vetted!
Weve lost it!
You already have a Communist voted in, just destroy the foundation of this Country more!

Yea that sounds good, this sounds like the DU or huffpo.
Hopefully at that point Gov Perry will say that if a Texan can’t run than maybe we should seperate from you.

Folks, let me tell you of the 5 of 10 fastest growing cities in America are Texans, but the REAL growth is the outer bounds.
I live 50 miles north of Houston and the growth is phenominal.
A few years ago we saw massive wind turbine blades going north but to be honest today I see them rarely but I do see a whole lot of metal piping shipped for drilling I suppose.
America needs the “drill drill” mentality back.
It blows my mind that those in Pennsylvania say the Marsallus shale has only created 1/5 milliom jobs and say it is minimal.
The Northeast prides themselves that,’we are the smartest.” The Northeat and the Ohio valley with Indiana have promising natural gas reserves, you’d think they could change and convert to LNG and get things going.

Are you suggesting if US citizen parents are on a vacation abroad while the child is born, the child is not NBC? I can’t think of any thing more irrational, obtuse, irrelevant, illogical and amorphous.

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posted on 05/05/2013 8:12:19 PM PDT
by entropy12
(Even tho Obama is now a lame duck but with 2014 House majority, he will be dangerously socialist!)

James Carville makes me want to puke. He depises Obama, but of course kisses his ass in public because he’s a good democrat. Behind closed doors we know what both Carville and Bill Clinton think of Obama........nothing.

James Carville makes me want to puke. He depises Obama, but of course kisses his ass in public because hes a good democrat. Behind closed doors we know what both Carville and Bill Clinton think of Obama........nothing.

That’s true but think about it. Slow Joe knew the ME was explosive but today 5 years later, I think it is worse, much worse and he can blame Hilly. He will play that he is the ULTIMATE statesman. He is the guy that can get it done.

Turtlehead is speaking for the dems that are scared of Ted as a possum is of an axe handle.

Some of the best money I ever spent was donating to Cruz. Everything I hear from or about him is another pleasant surprise.

Cruz KNOWS what he talks about. Has been debating and give pro-Constitution speeches since he was a kid. If anyone on the radar now can turn America around its Cruz, no brag just fact. Carville and his slimy friends know and fear it.

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posted on 05/05/2013 9:09:48 PM PDT
by X-spurt
(Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)

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